Rep. Budd weighs in on President Trump's controversial comments about Baltimore, pending budget

Rep. Budd weighs in on President Trump's controversial comments about Baltimore, pending budget

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Updated: 9:09 AM EDT Aug 1, 2019

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STEVE: -- BILL: WE ASKED CONGRESSMAN BUT, A STRONG SUPPORTER ABOUT THE PRESIDENT TRUMP, ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S SUPPORT OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET DEAL. >> THE PRESIDENT IS NOT A RACIST. THAT IS NOT HOW I WOULD SAY THINGS. BILL: LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT TRUMP ON TWITTER DESCRIBED BALTIMORE AS A DISGUSTING, RAT AND RODENT INFESTED MESS. HE WENT ON TO BLAME CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS WHO REPRESENTS BALTIMORE’S PREDOMINATELY BLACK DISTRICT FOR NOT DOING MORE TO CLEAN UP THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND FILTHY PLACE. THE ATTACK ON THE CUMMINGS FOLLOWS LAST WEEKS TWITTER ATTACK ON FOUR MINORITY WOMEN IN CONGRESS. THE PRESIDENT TOLD THEM TO GO HOME. CRITICS DESCRIBE THE LATEST TWEETS FROM THE PRESIDENT AS RACIST, CONGRESSMAN BUDD DISAGREES. >> HE IS VERY CORRECT IN SURFACING ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE DEALT WITH. BILL: WHY DO YOU SAY IT IS NOT RACIST? >> I HAVE SPENT TIME WITH HIM AND I KNOW HIS HEART. HE LOVES THIS COUNTRY AND HE LOVES PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND. BILL: CONGRESSMAN BUDD SAYS HE AND THE PRESIDENT ARE ON DIFFERENT SIDES WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET. A BIPARTISAN DEAL SUPPORTED BY THE PRESIDENT SUSPENDS THE DEBT CEILING FOR TWO YEARS. A PLAN CRITICIZED BY MANY CONSERVATIVES. CONGRESSMAN BUDD SAYS THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO CRACKDOWN ON THE BUDGET IF HE WINS RE-ELECTION IN